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If the subject of your film is interesting to a particular company, foundation or group, you may find partial funding there. I know one guy who made a film with a strong "traditional morals" message (good kid goes bad, winds up on the streets, helped to recover and return to home and hearth by...

Very impressive. Is it aired on the public access channel, or what? Is there any way for me to see some of the shows? Gotta give props, pretty ambitious for a 16-year old. When I was 16, it was like, "Let me see now--do I want to mow the lawn, or go skateboarding?"

I am new to the game, but I have a script now in the editing process. I am a former-trainhopper, former Marine infantryman and presently working as a psychiatric nurse. My collaborator is a college instructor who is a former long-haul trucker and a combat veteran Navy hospital corpsman (served...

I'm from Houston, but that's pretty far from Tennesee.

Jeeze, Kris. L.A. only has about 50,000 of each. How difficult can it be?

Why not think about taking a percentage instead? If it's a hit, he stands to make a bundle.

Uh, Poke, if you had a million dollars, wouldn't it just be easier to shoot on film in the first place? LOL.

I try to see as many limited-screening, indie films as I can. Houston has a lot of resources along this line (not as many as Austin, but it's pretty active.) Several of my friends have made short films in the past, using Hi-8, Super-8 and 16mm. The films that I find myself most attracted to...